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Exploring a Dualism of Human Rationality: Experimental Study of a Cheating Contest Game
Rational behavior is a standard assumption in science. Indeed, rationality is required for environmental action towards net-zero emissions or public health interventions during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Yet, little is known about the elements of rationality. This paper explores a dualism of rationali...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9265569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137675 |
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author | Herzog, Bodo Schnee, Stefanie |
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description | Rational behavior is a standard assumption in science. Indeed, rationality is required for environmental action towards net-zero emissions or public health interventions during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Yet, little is known about the elements of rationality. This paper explores a dualism of rationality comprised of optimality and consistency. By designing a new guessing game, we experimentally uncover and disentangle two building blocks of human rationality: the notions of optimality and consistency. We find evidence that rationality is largely associated to optimality and weakly to consistency. Remarkably, under uncertainty, rationality gradually shifts to a heuristic notion. Our findings provide insights to better understand human decision making. |
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spelling | pubmed-92655692022-07-09 Exploring a Dualism of Human Rationality: Experimental Study of a Cheating Contest Game Herzog, Bodo Schnee, Stefanie Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Rational behavior is a standard assumption in science. Indeed, rationality is required for environmental action towards net-zero emissions or public health interventions during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Yet, little is known about the elements of rationality. This paper explores a dualism of rationality comprised of optimality and consistency. By designing a new guessing game, we experimentally uncover and disentangle two building blocks of human rationality: the notions of optimality and consistency. We find evidence that rationality is largely associated to optimality and weakly to consistency. Remarkably, under uncertainty, rationality gradually shifts to a heuristic notion. Our findings provide insights to better understand human decision making. MDPI 2022-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9265569/ /pubmed/35805334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137675 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Herzog, Bodo Schnee, Stefanie Exploring a Dualism of Human Rationality: Experimental Study of a Cheating Contest Game |
title | Exploring a Dualism of Human Rationality: Experimental Study of a Cheating Contest Game |
title_full | Exploring a Dualism of Human Rationality: Experimental Study of a Cheating Contest Game |
title_fullStr | Exploring a Dualism of Human Rationality: Experimental Study of a Cheating Contest Game |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring a Dualism of Human Rationality: Experimental Study of a Cheating Contest Game |
title_short | Exploring a Dualism of Human Rationality: Experimental Study of a Cheating Contest Game |
title_sort | exploring a dualism of human rationality: experimental study of a cheating contest game |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9265569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137675 |
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